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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gah319" data-source="post: 349877" data-attributes="member: 13154">Those are solid rivets.  I bucked them in with a hand held sledge hammer for the bucking bar and the pneumatic chisel.  I purchased a 3/16 rivet set from Aircraft Spruce for about $9.00.  I turned the air pressure to the chisel down to about 40 psi.  Worked great.  With all of the old screws and things like oar locks that I pulled out of the side walls my order of 100 rivets ran out fast.  Have another order for 100 in with Grainger that should be here in a few days.  I am going to fill in all the holes with the solid rivets.  When pressed in correctly they will be water tight and not leak so no need to add 5200 to them.For rivets that need to come out the best way I found is to get a good wood chisel and place it behind the head.  Tap it once to get set behind the head and then two good blows and the head shears off.  The body can then be just pushed out of the hole.  I did a few at first by drilling, but there is a possibility of drilling out the aluminum sheet along with the rivet.  Since I started to use the wood chisel I have had no problems taking out rivets.</blockquote>